Scottie Scheffler is making his first start of the season this week at The American Express event in the Coachella Valley, where three courses are played in a rotation.
Players will play the Pete Dye Stadium Course, La Quinta Country Club and the Nicklaus Tournament Course the first three days before there’s a cut. Those remaining will play the final round at the Stadium Course where $1.656 million is on the line for the winner from the $9.2 million purse.
Aside from the PGA Tour Player of the Year, this is one of the strongest fields the event has had in quite some time with five top-10 ranked players in the field and 10 of the top 25. That includes Russell Henley (5), Robert MacIntyre (6), Ben Griffin (8) and Justin Rose (10).
Will Zalatoris is playing for the first time since the PGA Championship last May after dealing with more lingering injuries. Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott and Ludvig Aberg are all playing here for the first time.
The American Express counts toward the Aon Swing 5 where the top five in FedEx Cup point after the WM Phoenix Open will earn spots into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Here’s the rundown of what each player will earn who makes the cut. Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
WIN: $1.656 million
2: $1.0028 million
3: $634,800
4: $450,800
5: $377,200
6: $333,500
7: $310,500
8: $287,500
9: $269,100
10: $250,700
11: $232,300
12: $213,900
13: $195,500
14: $177,100
15: $167,900
16: $158,700
17: $149,500
18: $140,300
19: $131,100
20: $121,900
21: $112,700
22: $103,500
23: $96,140
24: $88,780
25: $81,420
26: $74,060
27: $71,300
28: $68,540
29: $65,780
30: $63,020
31: $60,260
32: $57,500
33: $54,740
34: $52,440
35: $50,140
36: $47,840
37: $45,540
38: $43,700
39: $41,860
40: $40,020
41: $38,180
42: $36,340
43: $34,500
44: $32,660
45: $30,820
46: $28,980
47: $27,140
48: $25,660
49: $24,380
50: $23,644
51: $23,092
52: $22,540
53: $22,172
54: $21,804
55: $21,620
56: $21,436
57: $21,252
58: $21,068
59: $20,884
60: $20,700
61: $20,516
62: $20,332
63: $20,148
64: $19,964
65: $19,780
66: $19,596
67: $19,412
68: $19,228
69: $19,044
70: $18,860
71: $18,676
72: $18,492
73: $18,308
74: $18,124
75: $17,940
76: $17,756
77: $17,572
78: $17,388
79: $17,204
80: $17,020
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
